Ceasefire buys time, not trust, in US-Iran standoff

A man walks past a banner with pictures of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei, installed along a street in Tehran on April 15, 2026.[ AFP]

A two-week ceasefire between the  United States and Iran has paused hostilities, but analysts warn it has not built the trust needed to prevent conflict from resuming, given decades of rivalry between the two countries.

Sharp words despite truce